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Navy rocks Beaconhills Beaconhills College students were delighted to have a visit from the highly sought-after Royal Australian Navy Band on Tuesday 16 September. The band performed at the Berwick Campus before an audience of Year 5 students and staff.
The College’s Director of Performing Arts, Dr Chris McGillen, said the band was one of the busiest and most requested in the Service Bands network (Army, Navy and Air Force). FULL STORY PAGE 2
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Pensioner Marg reflected on the strain of rising costs despite her rebates: “I’m not keeping ahead with things, I’m going backwards. “I’m not going to survive. I’ll probably end up sitting in my little home all alone and just die because I can’t afford food.” Locals expressed frustration at being “overlooked” and “dismissed” by a “city-centric” Labor government, saying it fails to adequately support regional communities. FULL STORY PAGE 4 51 James Street Pakenham VIC 3810 renee.heath@ parliament.vic.gov.au reneeheathmp
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cent” of his councillors support the local government opposition to being forced to act as unpaid tax collectors for the State Government. He was joined by Cr Jess Hamilton, Cr Brendan Kingwill, and Cr Adam Sheehan. A large contingent of volunteer and paid firefighters, farmers, small business owners, parents and pensioners worried about the cost of living and the community turned up in numbers to participate.
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unfair tax must be repealed.” There was a strong presence of local councillors including City of Casey Cr Shane Taylor and Cr Michelle Crowther, as well as La Trobe City Council’s Cr Adele Pugsley. Cardinia Shire Council’s Deputy Mayor Cr Alanna Pomeroy attended, while former Mayor Bill Ronald made a surprise appearance. Mayor of Baw Baw Shire Danny Goss addressed the Cardinia crowd, saying “100 per
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Pakenham was the location for the “Not In Our Name – Scrap The Tax” rally with dozens of firefighters, farmers and residents in attendance. The rally was held on September 16, and was organised by Meg Edwards, a councillor from Bass Coast, Nathan Murphy, and Cr Trudi Paton from Cardinia Shire Council. Residents gathered at the Community Centre to voice their opposition to the new emergency services tax, sending a clear message that “this